Chapter 209: The Great Earthquake in the Film Industry

Due to the unexpected rise of the box office of "God of Gamblers", Hong Kong's entertainment media exploded again. And this is also in response to the words of many film critics at the beginning, the box office fluctuations of this year's summer file really cannot be qualitative. Although movies such as "Happy Ghosts" can't compete with movies like "God of Gamblers" at the box office, they are small-budget productions after all. But in terms of box office recovery, it's not bad.

And the box office hegemony of "God of Gamblers", "Rich Train" and "Best Partner: A Thousand Miles to Save the Poor Woman" is needless to say. Its intensity is especially better than the box office competition in previous years and even the box office competition of the Spring Festival stalls.

This time, Dongcheng Imaging is indeed full of energy, after all, "God of Gamblers" is not as strong as the original "True Colors of Heroes". soon laid the foundation for the advantage of being number one at the box office, so that other movies couldn't catch up at all.

Now although the box office of "God of Gamblers" has returned to the top of the summer file, "Rich Train" is still pressing. As for "Best Partner: A Thousand Miles to Save the Poor Woman", the box office is almost equal to "Rich Train".

Who else can stop Lu Yan? 》

With the current momentum of "God of Gamblers", it is already very difficult for "Nirvana Train" to recover its disadvantage. I have to say that although this "God of Gamblers" does not have a particularly deep connotation. But in terms of commercial value, it is definitely the strongest among the movies that have been released this year.

It's no wonder that this movie can be an unusually blockbuster. I have to say that Lu Yan is very discerning in grasping the emerging elements of the movie. The style of this genius director will never make you understand.

However, who in the current Hong Kong film industry can stop him?

It is undeniable that after the new (wave) wave of films, Hong Kong's films have taken on a new look. But now, it seems that everyone is starting to stick to the rules again. And only Lu Yan has been breaking the original boundaries.

The box office results of each of Lu Yan's films illustrate that movies still need to be constantly innovated, explored and reformed

In fact, it is very normal for Lu's films to cause a shock in the film industry, because this young man is so surprising. One movie after another, all the filmmakers who hit it had a feeling of being caught off guard. In addition to lamenting the box office and Lu Yan's genius, everyone will naturally ask themselves: Why?

Why is this posterior movie so a blockbuster?

Why can this post-born movie become popular with some artists?

Hong Kong's current film industry is actually very impetuous. Even many investors saw that movies could make money, and they all flocked to the film market to burn a lot of money.

For a very simple example, after "The True Color of Heroes" became a hit, it followed the trend of many heroic gangster films "A Chinese Ghost Story" after the box office hit, many costume ghost films were in preparation, and after "Mr. Zombie" became popular, there were many zombie films being filmed...... Now that "God of Gamblers" is popular, many actors suddenly get scripts that are movies related to gambling words......

This is the status quo of Hong Kong films, everyone blindly follows the trend and blindly cheats the box office, but what about movies? Among the works that follow the trend, there are few that can be classics. Most of them are shoddy, and even all of them were shot within a month. The small cost investment, coupled with the influence of the trendy main film, naturally deceived a lot of box office

It is precisely because of this that you can make money that more people will devote themselves to such an industry. When making movies is just a blind business, then the impetuousness of the whole circle will naturally be caused.

The movie produced by Dongcheng Imaging is undoubtedly a slap in the face to many filmmakers

Golden Harvest and other film companies such as Xinyicheng and Debao naturally held meetings to discuss the phenomenon of Lu Yan in the Hong Kong film industry today. For them, Lu Yan's movies are undoubtedly a wake-up call for them

When several large companies that once dominated Hong Kong films look back, it seems that since the emergence of Dongcheng Films. Whether it is at the box office of the summer or Spring Festival, they have all encountered a box office war that has always belonged to New Art City, Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, and after the decline of Shaw Brothers, it has always belonged to the world of New Art City and Golden Harvest.

But now, the box office has become the world of Dongcheng Images. Although the independent production company does not produce many films, as long as every film is produced, it must be a good work, and the main thing is that once it is released, it will be a strong contender for the box office, which is very incredible in the eyes of many studios

Who can guarantee that every one of their movies will be a big hit? Who dares to change the style of the movie? Who dares to unscrupulously choose newcomers and those actors who are not favored?

But under these factors that he didn't dare, Lu Yan did it. Even, he combined it to make the movie a box office hit

is such a young man, and the appearance of Lu Yan, a magic method that turns decay into magic, has made many filmmakers feel whether they have really been eliminated by Hong Kong movies

In the conference room of Dongcheng Image, there are now two new faces. It is Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai, although they are not familiar with them, Cheng Xiaodong and others, but they are still very friendly. In their eyes, anyone who Lu Yan sees is definitely magical.

It is precisely because of this that after Lu Yan opened the budget for the two films at once, Cheng Xiaodong and others did not object.

Especially in the movie "The Saint of Gambling", Cheng Xiaodong and Liu Weiqiang expressed their support. In their opinion, Lu Yan is a very strange person. It stands to reason that the original "True Colors of Heroes" or the later "A Chinese Ghost Story" can be completely pursued by victory, but Lu Yan chose to shoot other types of movies.

After "God of Gamblers" this time, he finally took advantage of the fire to make another gambling film to make everyone feel that Boss Lu is not a stubborn person. And in fact? In fact, compared with "God of Gamblers", "The Saint of Gamblers" is completely two different styles of movies.

The protagonist of "God of Gamblers" belongs to the tall, big, and all genres, while the protagonist of "The Saint of Gambling" is completely marketable, and it is very funny.

Cheng Xiaodong and they haven't gotten the full script of "The Saint of Gambling" for the time being, so naturally they don't know the difference. But for Lu Yan's choice to invest in the gambling saint again, he is still very supportive. Although the director is the little-known Liu Zhenwei, since Wang Jing is the producer, there is no concern at all.

It's Wong Kar-wai, this guy doesn't have a detailed script...... However, since Lu Yan agreed, they also had a wait-and-see attitude for the time being.

"Yan Zai, "God of Gamblers" finally got back the first celebration banquet at the box office, it's time to put it up, right?"

Looking at Wang Jing's excited appearance, Lu Yan smiled and said: "Director Wang, you look at this is your movie, everything is up to you."

The celebration banquet of "God of Gamblers" can actually be set up a long time ago. As early as the previous week, the box office of "God of Gamblers" had exceeded 30 million. It's just that the box office performance at that time has been overwhelmed by "Rich Train", and Lu Yan forgot about it. Now that Wang Jing mentioned it, Lu Yan of course recognized it.

"By the way, how's your script?" Although he was busy finishing the filming of "Rouge Buckle", Lu Yan did not forget about Wang Jing's script.

"I'm writing"

"Huh?" Lu Yan looked at Wang Jing curiously, and suddenly wondered: "Brother Wang writes scripts, and he is famous for being fast in the circle." This time, why haven't you written it yet? ”

In fact, it's not just Wang Jing who writes scripts quickly, many directors in Hong Kong can write scripts. And it's very fast to write. In such a golden age, countless inspirations and ideas naturally emerged. Especially a ghost horse director like Wang Jing, his ideas are always bizarre. is most famous for his 'take-it-or-leave-it' episode...... Wang Jing can always integrate the classic scenes from many blockbusters into her movies, but she does not lose the flavor, but has a unique feeling.

Hearing this question, Wang Jing suddenly smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that I can't write fast, but it's stressful, every movie in our company is so good, if I come up with a bad script to shoot, it won't be a loss of the company's name."

I have to say that Wang Jing's pressure is indeed quite high. If he still enjoyed his 'small fights' very much before "God of Gamblers", then after "God of Gamblers", he suddenly liked the feeling of a box office success. Because of this, he has been carefully considered from the beginning of the selection of materials. This also led to the fact that after he wrote it, he began to revise and revise it constantly, so until now, his script has not been written.

In fact, once you become the director of Dongcheng Images, then pressure is inevitable. After all, Lu Yan's several pearls and jades are in front, if you shoot an unsuccessful work, it will undoubtedly smash the signboard of Dongcheng Image, and it will also leave a bad impression in Lu Yan's heart.

Looking at Wang Jing's bitter gourd face, Lu Yan smiled. This future director of bad movies will actually start to be cautious because he came to Dongcheng Film. However, this is indeed good news for Lu Yan. At least if Wang Jing works hard, he can come up with good works.

Thinking of this, he suddenly waved his hand and said, "Brother Wang, don't be under too much pressure." But since we make movies, we make the best. Don't rush, I'll wait for your script."

"I knew you would say that, and the more you said that, the more stressed I became"

"Haha"

"Wang Fatzi, you are now also a big director of more than 30 million movies. Anyway, if the next movie smashes, I guess those reporters will be able to spray you to death."

"I think Brother Wang should be fine, what theme will be revealed in the next movie?"

Liu Weiqiang, Cheng Xiaodong and others were also immediately amused by Wang Jing's words. However, everyone is really curious about Wang Jing's new script.

"Don't say it, won't you know when I take out the script, I don't dare to show ugliness before the screenwriter Lu Da approves it."

"Well, since Brother Wang, you say so, I can't help it. I'll wait for the day when your script is put in my office......" Lu Yan smiled, suddenly turned to Liu Zhenwei and asked, "Brother Zhen Viagra, is the script of "The Saint of Gambling" completed?" ”

Starting to polish on the basis of the original is too easy for Liu Zhenwei. In addition, he will communicate with Lu Yan in the past few days, and he has copied several copies of the script of "The Saint of Gambling" today and brought it over: "I brought them all, fat man, Xiaodong...... You all look at ......."

Within a few days of coming to Dongcheng Image, he had already mingled with Cheng Xiaodong and them. Although Wong Kar-wai is a little withdrawn, Cheng Xiaodong and they do not feel xenophobic. After all, the company has new people, and they are still very receptive.

"The Saint of Gambling" makes people reminisce about "God of Gamblers" when they listen to it, Yan Zai, are you deliberately making such a homonym?" Wang Jing, who took over the script, immediately looked at Lu Yan and asked with a smile.

But when Lu Yan heard this, he was stunned and said, "If you don't say it, I really don't think so."

"Pretend to be you, let's pretend, we're not those paparazzi, don't show off your acting skills." Cheng Xiaodong suddenly laughed and scolded, now they can be regarded as having a good understanding of Lu Yan. This guy's way of facing the media makes everyone dumbfounded, and he is often ridiculed by everyone, and he is the 'god of acting' in the media industry

Wang Jing also often jokes about Lu Yan, saying why her acting skills are so blunt when filming movies. When facing the media, acting skills are used so freely. even jokingly asked Lu Yan to perform in front of the camera in the face of the media......

"I really didn't think it was ...... at first" Lu Yan suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, and then waved his hand and said, "Brother Xiaodong, don't 'attack' me." Let's take a look at the script and give your opinion."

"Well, let's see what Director Lu Da's new work looks like" Although the script of "The Saint of Gambling" was polished by Liu Zhenwei, he insisted that this script was written by Lu Yan. In his opinion, his polish was completely insignificant. And the framework of the script and the qualitative style are all Lu Yan's way